File this under things you never expected to hear Mike Krzyzewski say: "I'm madly in love with Beyonce."
Some context: Coach K addressed a group of Duke students camping out for basketball tickets on Saturday. And during his address, Krzyzewski started talking about his street cred.
Now, there's no denying that Krzyzewski has street cred. The man has coached Duke to four national championships and led the US Olympic team to two gold medals -- with a third likely to come in 2016. Guys respect him, and there's a validity to his popularity among the world's best athletes.
But despite his accolades, Krzyzewski still felt the need to explain why he's not some 66-year-old fogey -- so he shared a story about the time he presented LeBron James with the SI Sportsman of the Year award last December.
Krzyzewski started by talking about how LeBron called him up to specifically request that he be the presenter -- let me pick that name up for you, Mike -- and then he went on to detail how he ...

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